Amid the coronavirus pandemic, educational institutions have resorted to online classes and digital learning. These, however, have ctheir share of challenges including lack of resources and training, in many cases.
Recognising the students’ role to make such classes successful, a professor of economics at Bengaluru’s Azim Premji University has shared a note on the challenges of holding online classes.
Arjun Jayadev took to Twitter to share the note, where he also cited the example of a student who braved a thunderstorm to get an Internet signal.
Referring to the story of the student who braved a thunderstorm, Jayadev said that it came up during ‘a very interesting discussion with SAS faculty on online teaching.’
In a very interesting discussion with SAS faculty on online teaching and how we can do it better this time around. One story stood out. This faculty would call students directly if they were having difficulty connecting online. During one call, the faculty heard thunderous rain.
— Arjun Jayadev (@arjun_jayadev) August 20, 2020
‘Turns out the student, who lived in rural Karnataka was outdoors, under an umbrella, in the only location outside that could receive a reasonable signal,’ wrote, adding that it wasn’t an isolated incident.
.. Turns out the student, who lived in rural Karnataka was outdoors, under an umbrella, in the only location outside that could receive a reasonable signal. This was not an isolated incident. I’m writing to note to students who may be reading that we know and recognize your..
— Arjun Jayadev (@arjun_jayadev) August 20, 2020
efforts, which are often really heroic. We will do all we can to make this online trimester work for us all. Please keep at it and please let us know how its going. We want to know and want to help you learn. We miss you and look forward to see you in person when we can.
— Arjun Jayadev (@arjun_jayadev) August 20, 2020
He concluded the note by saying that the faculty missed the students, and asked them to ‘keep at it’.
‘We will do all we can to make this online trimester work for us all,’ he wrote. ‘ We want to know and want to help you learn. We miss you and look forward to see you in person when we can.’
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